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Delivering a world of ideas to your classroom Newspaper in Education Week March 5-9 Content provided by local students and advertisers An advertising supplement of LNP March 7, 2018 2 MARCH 7, 2018 NEWSPAPER IN EDUCATION LNP | LANCASTER, PA Dear Readers, — from designing effective ads that attract attention to products or services, to writing compelling editorials, their Enclosed within the pages of this special section, you own opinions rooted in research-based facts. will find the winners, heroes and champions of LNP’s 34th Annual NIE Week Design an Ad & Journalism contests. Brownstown Elementary teacher Kevin Allen is featured Participation skyrocketed this year, with almost 4,400 on the front cover, and the full list of participating teachers student entries submitted. can be found in the center of this special section. They are the members of the Lancaster-Lebanon Who are the winners? Reading Council, our literacy partner, who read every They are our very own Lancaster County students, from submission and selected 10 finalists from each grade level, public, private, parochial and home-schools. They have in each category of the Journalism contest. The LLRC, in demonstrated outstanding creative ability and literacy collaboration with LNP editorial staff, judged the finalist proficiency. entries and selected the winners you’ll find in these A total of 2,165 students from grades 2 to 12 submitted pages. The LLRC and LNP then co-hosted a reception and hand-drawn and computer-designed ads for the Design provided refreshments for all first-place winners. an Ad contest. Each class was assigned one of the 26 advertisers, who then selected the ad that would represent Who are the champions? their own business in this special section. They are the local businesses that support NIE. The For the Journalism contest, a combined total of 2,186 printing of this 40-page special section is possible by the students submitted entries in the following categories: financial support of the 26 businesses listed on the last Illustrating Headlines (grades K-1), Writer’s Choice (grades page. We are grateful for the encouragement they give to 2-5), News Feature (grades 6-8) and Editorial (grades 9-12). the young artists that compete in our Design an Ad contest. LNP Media Group Inc. profoundly appreciates the Who are the heroes? For information on the NIE program, efforts and enthusiasm of both the students and teachers contact: Barbara Hough Roda at They are the 180 local teachers that seized an opportunity who spend countless hours brainstorming, editing and [email protected] to get students involved in an enriching contest that submitting their work. Please enjoy the talent and creativity facilitates the development and application of real-life skills of Lancaster’s rising generation. Brooklawn Paving ad designed by SophiaSpencer Landisville Middle School Teacher: Scott Feifer LANCASTER, PA | LNP NEWSPAPER IN EDUCATION MARCH 7, 2018 3 1st PLACE EDITORIAL Schools without borders It’s that time of year again. As the ing number of championships was not schools cannot accomplish this nearly temperature drops, so do fall sports commonplace. In 2008, however, the impossible task. teams, out of playoffs that is, unless Philadelphia Catholic League joined Despite overwhelming evidence that team is a private school loaded the PIAA playoffs. Since then, private supporting the claim that private with talent thanks to recruiting. Stu- schools dominate PIAA playoffs. schools have an advantage over public dent athletes will do everything possi- Often PIAA representatives dismiss ble to take their team to a state cham- the issue, saying that the majority of schools in athletics, legislators have pionship, but if players don the name teams qualifying for playoffs are still not acted. The solution is simple: Cre- of a public/boundary school, the deck public schools, but only because pri- ate two classifications for non-bound- is stacked against them. vate schools represent 23 percent of ary schools based on enrollment. Then In 1972, Pennsylvania legislators PIAA membership. Despite this small public and private schools would have ToddShelley passed Act 219-1972, which prohibits percentage, private schools won 13 of their own playoffs and their own Grade 12 the PIAA from treating non-boundary the last 18 football state champion- champions. The precedent for legisla- schools differently than boundary ships, 14 of the last 18 boy’s basketball tion is there. According to Ed Gruver Lampeter-Strasburg schools. This allows non-boundary state championships, and 10 of the High School schools to compete in the same play- last 18 girl’s basketball state champi- of LNP, 38 states now have separate Teacher: Susan Rettew offs as boundary schools. But at that onships. Neumann-Goretti has won playoffs for boundary and non-bound- point, private schools recruiting top a boy’s basketball state championship ary schools. The question is, why won’t athletes and winning an overwhelm- seven of the last eight years. Public Pennsylvania jump on board? Lusk & Associates - Sotheby’s International Realty ad designed by AlysonEldridge LCCTC-Willow Street Campus Teacher: Mark Maisano 4 MARCH 7, 2018 NEWSPAPER IN EDUCATION LNP | LANCASTER, PA decrease the stigma society cording to the U.S. Depart- 1st PLACE EDITORIAL associates with mental dis- ment of Health and Human orders by bringing attention Services, the Affordable to mental illness. Most who Care Act provides 3.9 mil- Health is more suffer from mental disor- lion Americans with mental ders, no matter how drastic health or substance abuse or minuscule, feel the need coverage every year. If more than physical to keep their illness a secret citizens were made aware to avoid judgment, to avoid of their mental health cov- How many times have tal to many. The Depart- being ostracized. Increasing erage this number would you had an annual physi- ment of Health reports that mental health checks will grow. The access to mental cal checkup? Probably too mental illnesses have had a open a pathway toward an health care is there; it’s just many to count. If the same part in causing 26 percent accepting society that rec- a matter of educating citi- question is asked about of the homeless population, ognizes that mental illness, zens on the importance of mental checkups, I’m sure 90 percent of teen suicides like physical illness, is com- mental health and the al- the number of checkups and 70 percent of juvenile mon and treatable. Those ready accessible aid. MackenzieShirk (for most people) would be imprisonment. According who suffer from mental ill- So what should society Grade 11 significantly lower. to the National Alliance on ness need to be identified do? Continue to discredit Donegal High School Health does not consist of Mental Illness (NAMI) one and provided aid. the importance of mental Teacher: Moriah Berringer only physical health. Men- of five adults is diagnosed The facts are clear: im- health or choose to make tal health is a vital aspect of with a mental illness, yet plementing mental health it equal to physical health? our wellness, affecting our less than half the popula- checks will greatly ben- The answer lies in a change everyday life, so why is it tion receives regular men- efit society. However, the of mindset, a change forcing not as frequently examined tal health screenings. The question remaining is how the stigma of mental disor- as physical health? To en- statistics are alarming and do we implement mental ders to disappear by bring- sure complete health, regu- clear. Mental health is sig- checkups? The solution al- ing them into the spotlight, lar mental health checks nificant and must be treated ready exists: Under the Af- educating citizens of the re- should be encouraged. as such. fordable Care Act, mental sources accessible to them, Mental illness affects ev- Implementing more men- health checkups are already thus allowing those who ery person and is detrimen- tal health checks will also connected to insurance. Ac- suffer to find care. as eating disorders and de- ies. By high school, 16 per- 1st PLACE EDITORIAL pression. This links back cent of teenage males suffer to the thin ideal, or the de- from an eating disorder. sire to obtain the flawlessly Fortunately, a few revolu- Photoshop fight slim female body. While this tionary American compa- could be seen as a good way nies have opened their eyes Images in pop culture sur- their self-esteem and pro- for self improvement, many to these impacts and set an round all teenagers, and moting destructive deci- women internalize this into example by combating this ever since they’ve been little sions. As a society, people an extremely negative belief epidemic and launching they’ve always looked up must join together to cel- system. campaigns that encourage to the famous icons seen in ebrate what makes each of Although girls are hit hard- natural beauty by banning magazines, on TV and espe- them unique, embrace their er by the impacts of Photo- retouched photos. This in- cially on social media. Amer- flaws, and advocate the truth shop, it is certainly not a gen- cludes campaigns such as icans typically forget that behind these distorted ap- der-specific issue. According “Aerie Real” by Aerie, “Real these images of role models pearances. to Jean Killbourne, who Beauty” by Dove and “Real ErinBock have often been tampered Due to an abundant spent 40 years studying the Not Retouched” by Darling Grade 10 with to make them appear amount of altered images in effects of media and adver- Magazine. more “perfect.” Therefore, media, many young women tising on body image, by the While it is unlikely that un- Cocalico High School individuals unknowingly experience physiological age of 10, 22 percent of boys altered photos will become Teacher: Lindsay Sigman hold themselves to these and behavioral attributes are primarily concerned the new normal, any step for- false standards, lowering that mimic conditions such with the looks of their bod- ward is progress in this battle.